Cell Signal Booster

[paulinri]

We are new to RV'ing. We have a new Springdale RD1750. Some RV parks we hope to visit have poor or non-existent cell service. Our planned travel route from RI also as dead zones. Has anyone installed a cell signal booster in your tow vehicle? Is it necessary to spend $500? Thanks for any suggestions.

[Cbrez]

We use a WeBoost signal booster for the RV, not the tow vehicle. Very happy with it. It took some trial and error to get it to work because certain components have to be a min distance apart and oriented away from each other. But after getting it figured out setup is routine.

It was expensive but I don’t think it cost $500 when we purchased it 4 years ago. Also, my experience is that you must have at least a weak signal for the booster to work. If we don’t have at least one bar- no joy.

[NH_Bulldog]

I use a WeBoost Drive X. At about $400 it isn’t cheap but it works great. I have it in my company car for work here in Northern New England and bought two more install kits for our truck and camper so I can unplug from the car and plug it in to the truck while on the road and then into the camper when at a site. We can work 100% remotely now, so having the booster helps us connect in more places than we used to and that allows us much more time on the road when our kiddo is out of school.

[KRumm]

Cell boosters must have at least a weak signal to boost...
Dead zones or non existent cell cell service can’t be boosted...

[NH_Bulldog]

A couple of things to keep in mind; As KRumm said, there must be a signal to boost in the first place. Additionally, it works great for cell service when available, but data service for internet is more finicky, and may not be supported by some boosters. Lastly, your carrier may impact cellular availability and performance depending on location. Don’t trust the carrier’s coverage maps, they are like tongue weights published by RV manufacturers.

This past Labor Day we camped in Island Pond, VT. Beautiful place, but if you have Verizon Wireless you are out of luck for 20+ miles in any direction. My brother has AT&T in his truck through OnStar and he had great service. When we got home, I switched my business MiFi to AT&T and kept my cell with Verizon so I have two options now.

Some will say camping is about getting away from all that, and I agree for the most part, but having cell and/or internet service has allowed us to spend more time out on the road, going further and staying longer than we ever have in the past. YMMV

[jasin1]

This can be a handy app for planning a trip to see signal strength in different areas

[GT2400BH]

I bought a tailgater flagpole kit for my weboost. Works great. I put it under the foot of my jack. Surprised I can’t find a picture of it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OWNMRM...ing=UTF8&psc=1